Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Chutney & Spicy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

This week I'm cooking from the Cook This Not That cookbook. Tonight I prepared the Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Chutney. I also made the Spicy Mashed Sweet Potatoes to go along with the meatloaf. I was able to find the original recipes online for the meatloaf... Turkey Meatloaf. Here's how I made it.

Turkey Meatloaf and Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Chutney
4 servings

ingredients for Chutney
• 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 large tomatoes, chopped & seeded
• 1/2 cup roasted red peppers
• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• S&P to taste

ingredients for Meatloaf

• 1/2 Tbsp olive oil

• 1 small yellow onion, chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, chopped

• 1 tsp coarse salt

• 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper

• 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped

• 1.5 lb ground turkey

• 1/2 cup bread crumbs 

• 1 egg, beaten

directions
1. To make the Chutney:  Heat oil in cast iron skillet over medium to high heat. Cook onion & garlic until translucent, then add tomatoes and peppers and cook for 3 minutes (tomatoes should be softened and saucy). Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and pepper flakes, simmer for 15 minutes. Taste and season appropriately with salt and pepper until it tastes good in your mouth! Transfer the sauce to a  bowl.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat the oil in the same cast iron skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic until softened, make sure not to let the garlic burn or it will taste bitter. Transfer to a bowl to let cool and add 1/2 cup of the chutney plus the rest of the meatloaf ingredients. Gently mix with your hands until just combined. Be careful not to overmix, otherwise your meatloaf will come out tough and noone likes dry tough meatloaf - Blugh!
3. Pour the meatloaf mixture into a greased baking dish and form into whatever shape you like - I did the log. Cover with half of the remaining chutney.
4. Bake the meat loaf for 60-90 minutes until a thermometer in the center reads 160 degrees. Pull out of the oven and let rest covered loosely with tin foil for 10 minutes. Slice it up and top each serving with some chutney.

Spicy Mashed Sweet Potatoes
4-6 servings

ingredients
• 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 8 chunks each
• S&P
• 1 cup milk & 2 Tbsp butter warmed together in a small pot
• 1 Tbsp minced chipotle in adobo peppers (I leave the seeds in because we like it spicy but feel free to take seeds out before chopping up the peppers)

directions
1. Place the potatoes in a pot filled with salted water and bring to a boil. (remember to use cold water). Cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and return to pot.
2. Slowly stir the milk/butter mixture into potatoes and use a potato masher to incorporate the liquid with the potatoes.
3. Stir in Salt, pepper and chipotles. EAT.

The potatoes had the perfect amount of spicy and sweet flavors to create a nice balance of flavors. The meatloaf was moist and and the chutney added a nice twist over the traditional ketchup/ BBQ sauce on top.

Ma - The Meatloaf! Haha just couldn't resist!

Enjoy!